Blue Monday is a piece of crap pseudo science originally part of a travel company's press release to sell holidays. Can we all try to avoid rewarding marketeers, using this term, which tries to sell goods by parasiting on the back of real mental health campaigns.

There's a teacher shortage coming. It's been coming for a while, but was staved off by the pandemic. Now, it's heaving back into view & it isn't pretty. It's easy to blame the DfE, but I think some other things are happening that matter outside of education too 🧵... STRAP IN!

Proud to open our 12th Annual Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Research Event today Coventry University We have a packed agenda, our research awards 🏆 & fab poster displays Eleanor Melvin (she/her) Louise Oldnall Mary Mumvuri MBE Prof Jagtar Singh OBE Melanie Coombes. MBE 💙 Richard @CRN_WMid National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRevidence NIHR ARC West Midlands

No doubt we are at a tipping point for the future of healthcare in the U.K. You will hear a lot of misinformation, disinformation, and barefaced lies over the next 18 months - a £200bn/yr industry is on the table. So here are the facts… Has the NHS been value for money?

ONS released a set of data by occurrence date by age up to end 2021 for deaths registered by end March 2023 (ie essentially complete) Well, there was no top line excess death beyond covid until 2021 But this set provides more interesting "aha"s by age bands⤵️

So excited to be part of a new innovative provider collaborative of 11 fabulous partners in Coventry and Warwicks Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Arty-Folks @CoventryCA Inini Initiative Ltd Valley House Ekta Unity Charity @coventrymuslimforum Sahil Project @Tamarindcoventry AmbaCareSolutions Rethink Mental Illness

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A statement by Coventry Rugby. bit.ly/3RKgUEt States Assembly - Jersey's elected parliament Cornish Pirates Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights 🏉 Rugby Football Union Santander UK

Great summary of where the #NHS is right now compared to other higher income countries. From The King's Fund by Siva Anandaciva kingsfund.org.uk/publications/n… 1/

The continued lack of resourcing for mental health has left services overwhelmed and at breaking point just as the NHS attempts to gear up for a difficult winter. Read our warning on behalf of health leaders and call to action 👇 nhsconfed.org/news/health-le… #WorldMentalHealthDay

Starting out in research: experiences of AHPs applying for first research funding 23rd January 2024 12:00-13:00 FREE ONLINE EVENT cahpr.csp.org.uk/news-events/ev… Put it in your diary… registration details coming soon. CAHPR West Mids Lucy Gdnr (She/her) caroline miller Dr Emma Sutton

Christmas can be really tough on our mental health. Here are a list of places that are open today, if you need someone to speak to: NB - video made in 2021, but I’ve checked the numbers and they are all correct. And please forgive the terrible hair. Samaritans: 116 123 (free)

Great morning so far! Lots of happy faces and Dr Michelle Webster & Richard's opening speech! #Movement4Improvement #M4I24

Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today. TLDR there isn't a new "smoking gun", the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9

Ashley Rice Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Melanie Coombes. MBE 💙 Prof Jagtar Singh OBE Masood Ahmed Mary Mumvuri MBE Sonya Gardiner Richard Dr Michelle Webster Sarah Cutler Highly commended Ashley Rice 👏👏👏

Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health

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It's time Autism Awareness became Autism Acceptance. #AutismAwarenessMonth #Autism #AutismAcceptanceMonth

are bigger NHS Trusts better than smaller ones? Do mergers improve performance? Nope: strasys.uk/the-value-of-f…

Our paper was just published in The Lancet Psychiatry. 🧵1/11